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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Olave 1893
Annual report on the sanitary condition of the District for the year 1893
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SANITARY.
TABLE C.
Summary of Nuisances and other matters reported on, and work done during the year ending 31st December, 1893.
| Number of Inspections made | 892 |
| Number of Complaints entered in complaint book | 16 |
| Number of Intimations served | 308 |
| Number of Statutory Notices served | 118 |
| Summons taken out for non-compliance with Notices | 7 |
| WATER SUPPLY— | |
| Services transferred from cistern to main | 3 |
| Houses found without water supply | 9 |
| Number of cases in which the drinking water and the supply to the w.c. were the same | 54 |
| Cisterns found dirty | 42 |
| Cisterns imperfectly covered | 40 |
| Overflow pipes connected to soil pipes or drains | 6 |
| Defective water fittings | 20 |
| WATER CLOSETS— | |
| New closets provided at dwelling houses | 2 |
| „ „ at work places | 18 |
| Water closets reconstructed | 17 |
| Closets" without water | 21 |
| Closets with defective water supply | 63 |
| Closets defective, stopped or dirty | 138 |
| Closets without proper light or ventilation | 25 |
| Defective soil pipes | 34 |
| Urinals without water | 4 |
| „ provided at factory | 1 |